Newsday.com June 10, 2001 Puppy love abounds at Canada's first doggie wedding

KITCHENER, Ontario (AP) - The dog days of summer were ushered in early this weekend with Canada's first canine wedding.

The highlight of puppy mania came Saturday when two golden retrievers, Emma and Sampson, tied the knot in a ceremony with all the trimmings, including a minister, two wedding cakes - one for dogs, one for people - limousines and a live steel-drum band.

More than 100 onlookers, several with their dogs, crowded the tented, chapel-like area to get a glimpse of the happy couple.

The groom, Sampson D. Ross, made a big entrance, bounding out of a white stretch limousine in a black tuxedo and top hat. His bride-to-be, Emma Lou Berry, arrived in a separate limousine dressed in white - veil and all.

Sampson seemed to have pre-wedding jitters as he barked profusely and was sniffing and lunging at anything within a few meters of him.

But he calmed down when his companion arrived.

''I guess he needed some reassurance,'' said Rev. Paul Ellingham, who married the couple.

It was puppy love when Emma and Sampson met while shooting a commercial for a training and day-care center for dogs last August.

''It was definitely love at first sight. They were all over each other,'' said Emma's owner Allison Berry, who is a trainer at the center.

Ellie Ross, Sampson's owner, received a slew of insulting phone calls and disturbing letters ridiculing her for having a canine wedding.

''For the most part, it's been great community support,'' she said. ''Some people need to lighten up and get a sense of humor.''

-- (nemesis@awol.com), June 10, 2001

Answers

The happy couple will reside in Dogtown Missouri.

-- (nemesis@awol.com), June 10, 2001.

What's with the cin bashing shit? I've met this lady twice and she's always been that. Don't get the bashing stuff and am curious.

-- Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), June 11, 2001.

cin just has a habit of calling people "heartless fucking bitches" if they dare to believe that the lives of humans are more important than the lives of animals, particularly animals who kill pets and children.

-- (cin@is.a.moron), June 11, 2001.

Carlos, I had thought you to be smarter than to make such a statement. I doubt that few care about the fact that you may have met the person known as ‘cin’. The rest of us can only look at the words that appear on this forum and have no personal attachment to the individual posters.

Perhaps a new site called ‘Close Forum Friends’ would protect you folks from the rest of the riffraff.

-- Lay Down (on@the.couch), June 11, 2001.

Carlos, I'm sure you don't have time to read every thread so I'll tell you why from my perspective.

As Lay Down said, she's just words on a page to us. I'm sure many like me don't like her because she calls women bitches for which purpose only she can understand. This IMO, indicates a serious psychological disorder. Also, she usually only comments about sex, food, and animals. She seems obsessed with having sex (ask Rich and maybe Flint privately) to the point of wasting her real life. She is an extremist in almost every aspect of her life and this is partially demonstrated by her vegetarianism.

I'm my humble opinion she displays a borderline personality and should be under the care of a physican. I don't say this to be mean, I say this to warn you about someone I see as a very disturbed individual.

-- (Dr. Freud@the.forum), June 11, 2001.

It was not bashing, just a playful poke at an animal lover.

-- (nemesis@awol.com), June 11, 2001.

I wouldn’t count on ‘Rich’ as a source of information regarding male/female sexual habits. His knowledge base seems to be confined to same sex encounters and is limited at that.

-- Just (helping@out.doctor), June 11, 2001.

OK nemesis. Understood.

The rest of you take a fucking hike. Cin ain't a vegan. When pressed with the idea of cooking up a bunch of crabs in a pot she asked if they were alive when dropped in. I answered "Not for long.". Didn't endear me but the problem wasn't in the eating but in the death. As for the sex stuff. Anybody that can't have fun even talking about sex ain't gettin enough. Tightasses bore. Have your fun but please don't show up on our next trip!

-- Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), June 12, 2001.

Why Carlos, I never would have thought you to be an ‘elitist’. Most people on this forum didn’t even know about your special little gathering so why should anyone give a flying fuck. I’m sure you folks had a wonderful time but don’t expect the rest of us to share in the warm and fuzzy feelings you folks have for each other. After all, this is The Wild, Wild, West…..not a gated community.

-- Lay Down (on@the.couch), June 12, 2001.

The rest of you take a fucking hike.

You said you were curious. You wanted information. We gave it to you. If you don't like the answer, perhaps you shouldn't have asked the question.

-- (cin@is.a.moron), June 12, 2001.

Cin and I had an exchange on another thread wherein we differed about what to do with dumped, out of control dogs. It got heated, but she and I are over that. In my opinion, it was the reference to wanting to mount the dogs' head on stakes near the spot where they were dumped that caused the upset. I should not have posted that. My intent was to punish the dumper, not the rest of the world, and I'll try to be more careful in the future.

-- helen (aaaaiiiiieeee@ack.oh), June 12, 2001.

"Lay Down", you are not in the in-group. You were deliberately not invited.

-- (lorelei@Hef's.pad), June 12, 2001.

So true Lorelei and I’m just crushed over the whole thing. I’m buying myself a new car today to elevate my spirits……and do my part to bolster the economy.

-- Lay Down (on@the.couch), June 12, 2001.